tāuke
1. (verb) to be apart, separate, away from each other.
Ka puta te whakaaro o Tāne. Kātahi ka huri te pane ki raro ko ngā waewae ki runga - ka whakatāuke a Rangi, tāuke a Papa (TKP 5/11/1857:3). / Tāne had an idea. Then he turned his head down and his feet up - Rangi was pushed away and Papa was separated from him.
Synonyms: nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
